Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Cotoneaster
24. Cotoneaster franchetii Bois; Rev. Hort. 1902: 379. 1902.
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Cotoneaster amoenus E. H. Wilson; C. franchetii var. cinerascens Rehder; C. insculptus Diels; C. mairei H. Léveillé; C. mairei var. albiflorus H. Léveillé.
Shrubs semievergreen; 1–3 m tall; with spreading; arching-inflexed branches. Branchlets dark grayish brown or grayish black; initially densely strigose; gradually glabrescent. Petiole 2–4 mm; tomentose; stipules linear-lanceolate; 2–4 mm; initially tomentose; glabrate; leaf blade elliptic to ovate; 2–3 x 1–1.5 cm; thick; lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs; raised abaxially and deeply impressed adaxially; abaxially densely yellow or white tomentose; adaxially initially appressed pubescent; glabrescent; base cuneate; apex acute or acuminate. Corymbs 1.5–2.5 cm; 5–11-flowered; rachis and pedicels densely tomentose; bracts linear; 2–3.5 mm; tomentose. Pedicel 2–4 mm. Flowers 6–7 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate; abaxially densely pubescent. Sepals triangular; 1–2 x 1.5–2.5 mm; apex acute or shortly acuminate. Petals erect; pink; broadly obovate or elliptic; 3–4 x 2–3 mm; adaxially puberulous near base; base shortly clawed; apex obtuse. Stamens 20; shorter than petals. Ovary pubescent apically; styles 2 or 3(–5); free; not exceeding stamens. Fruit orangish red or red; ovoid-globose; 6–7 mm in diam.; initially pubescent; finally glabrous; pyrenes usually 3; rarely to 5. Fl. Jun–Jul; fr. Sep–Oct. 2n = 68*.
Thickets in rocky sunny mountain regions; open hillsides; 1600--2900 m. Guizhou; Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan [Thailand].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Cotoneaster
24. Cotoneaster franchetii Bois; Rev. Hort. 1902: 379. 1902.
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Cotoneaster amoenus E. H. Wilson; C. franchetii var. cinerascens Rehder; C. insculptus Diels; C. mairei H. Léveillé; C. mairei var. albiflorus H. Léveillé.
Shrubs semievergreen; 1–3 m tall; with spreading; arching-inflexed branches. Branchlets dark grayish brown or grayish black; initially densely strigose; gradually glabrescent. Petiole 2–4 mm; tomentose; stipules linear-lanceolate; 2–4 mm; initially tomentose; glabrate; leaf blade elliptic to ovate; 2–3 x 1–1.5 cm; thick; lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs; raised abaxially and deeply impressed adaxially; abaxially densely yellow or white tomentose; adaxially initially appressed pubescent; glabrescent; base cuneate; apex acute or acuminate. Corymbs 1.5–2.5 cm; 5–11-flowered; rachis and pedicels densely tomentose; bracts linear; 2–3.5 mm; tomentose. Pedicel 2–4 mm. Flowers 6–7 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate; abaxially densely pubescent. Sepals triangular; 1–2 x 1.5–2.5 mm; apex acute or shortly acuminate. Petals erect; pink; broadly obovate or elliptic; 3–4 x 2–3 mm; adaxially puberulous near base; base shortly clawed; apex obtuse. Stamens 20; shorter than petals. Ovary pubescent apically; styles 2 or 3(–5); free; not exceeding stamens. Fruit orangish red or red; ovoid-globose; 6–7 mm in diam.; initially pubescent; finally glabrous; pyrenes usually 3; rarely to 5. Fl. Jun–Jul; fr. Sep–Oct. 2n = 68*.
Thickets in rocky sunny mountain regions; open hillsides; 1600--2900 m. Guizhou; Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan [Thailand].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Cotoneaster
24. Cotoneaster franchetii Bois; Rev. Hort. 1902: 379. 1902.
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Cotoneaster amoenus E. H. Wilson; C. franchetii var. cinerascens Rehder; C. insculptus Diels; C. mairei H. Léveillé; C. mairei var. albiflorus H. Léveillé.
Shrubs semievergreen; 1–3 m tall; with spreading; arching-inflexed branches. Branchlets dark grayish brown or grayish black; initially densely strigose; gradually glabrescent. Petiole 2–4 mm; tomentose; stipules linear-lanceolate; 2–4 mm; initially tomentose; glabrate; leaf blade elliptic to ovate; 2–3 x 1–1.5 cm; thick; lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs; raised abaxially and deeply impressed adaxially; abaxially densely yellow or white tomentose; adaxially initially appressed pubescent; glabrescent; base cuneate; apex acute or acuminate. Corymbs 1.5–2.5 cm; 5–11-flowered; rachis and pedicels densely tomentose; bracts linear; 2–3.5 mm; tomentose. Pedicel 2–4 mm. Flowers 6–7 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate; abaxially densely pubescent. Sepals triangular; 1–2 x 1.5–2.5 mm; apex acute or shortly acuminate. Petals erect; pink; broadly obovate or elliptic; 3–4 x 2–3 mm; adaxially puberulous near base; base shortly clawed; apex obtuse. Stamens 20; shorter than petals. Ovary pubescent apically; styles 2 or 3(–5); free; not exceeding stamens. Fruit orangish red or red; ovoid-globose; 6–7 mm in diam.; initially pubescent; finally glabrous; pyrenes usually 3; rarely to 5. Fl. Jun–Jul; fr. Sep–Oct. 2n = 68*.
Thickets in rocky sunny mountain regions; open hillsides; 1600--2900 m. Guizhou; Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan [Thailand].